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OU Course - Galaxies, Stars & Planets.


Stargazer33

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Just reading through the course book in bed of a night - for as long as I can stay awake. :rolleyes:

Also working my way through the OUs 'Maths Ebook' which is really helpful (and available to anyone).

Getting really fed up with these cloudy nights as my interest is being really ignited, but I can't go out and view anything! :mad:

The course module website will open on 8 May and the course will start on 12 May. So I'm trying to get ahead in the book before the course starts. Only half way through chapter two though! :icon_scratch:

Two other members of SGL - 'ronnietucker' and 'Marshall1234' - are doing the course too so that could prove advantageous for all of us. No cheating you understand; just the exchange of ideas and experiences, just like at a physical university. :)

This is the first time this course has been run so it will be interesting to see how it goes.

'ronnietucker' has already shown me how to use my scientific calculator as my calculations were coming out one too many places to the left, which wasn't a good start! :rolleyes: Technology never was my strong point!

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The clouds gave me a break for the last few nights which offered me quite a decent view of the moon, Venus and Saturn. Little else can be seen right now because of the glare of the moon.

Mars is also out but is slowly getting smaller and showed little detail.

Nice to have other stargazers tagging along for the course.

Isabelle

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Hi Isabelle,

It's really frustrating here. If we do get clear skies in the afternoon/early evening, it's clouded over by the time it is starting to get dark. :mad:

Hope you are having more luck with the course web site than I am. Lots of things seem to be not working!

Bryan

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Oh,.. I'm sorry but I am not taking the course. I was just happy for you since you seem to be doing it with someone else. I am taking a different course right now but it has little to do with astronomy (wine tasting). I hope your luck changes. I'm looking out of my window right now and all is clear. If it keeps up for a couple more hours, I'm sure to have a great time.

Isabelle

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